Bhopal: A bird watching camp was organized at Van Vihar on 3rd October at 6 am in the State Level Wild Life Week-2024. In the camp, 89 participants of Excellence and Mittal College Bhopal saw various species of birds, prominent among which are Black Durango, Open Bill Stork, Red Munia, Grey Heron, Bronze Wing Jacana, Indian Robin, Magpie Robin, Whistling Teal, Paradise Birdcatcher and Little Cormorant etc. and the participants got excited after seeing Butterfly, Common Crow, Grey Pansy, Common Evening Blue Tiger, Striped Tiger, Plain Tiger etc. as resource persons. Dr. Surendra Tiwari, Dr. Sudesh Waghmare, Dr. Sangeeta Rajgir and Mohd. Khaliq and other officers/employees were present. The program was conducted by Assistant Director Van Vihar Shri S.K. Sinha.
In Van Utsav, a photography competition was organized on the topic of ‘Van Vihar’ for classes 5 to 8 and class 9 to college class from 7 am, in which 68 participants participated and submitted their photographs in the office as soft copies.
As another competition, Rangoli competition was organized from 10 am on the topic of ‘Wildlife of Madhya Pradesh’ for classes 5 to 8 and ‘Tiger in Urban Area’ for classes 9 to college class, in which a total of 110 participants participated.
As another competition of today, a school debate competition was also organized from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm on the topic “Preservation of endangered species should be given more priority than economic development” with the support of World Nature Fund India, in which 24 participants took part.
